Knebworth 1976: The Rolling Stones’ 28-Song Marathon That Shaped British Festival Rock

At the 1976 Knebworth Festival, the Rolling Stones headlined a 12-hour, 200,000-strong event, delivering a 28-song, two-and-a-half-hour set with guests like 10cc and Lynyrd Skynyrd amid delays, security concerns, and Keith Richards’s personal turmoil, proving the band’s enduring stamina and cementing Knebworth as a premier UK concert site while foreshadowing a long, tumultuous touring future.